Question
Biology Question on the molecular basis of inheritance
Who discovered transduction in bacteria?
A
Wollman and Jacob
B
Zinder and Lederberg
C
Lederberg and Tatum
D
Herelle and Twort
Answer
Zinder and Lederberg
Explanation
Solution
Transduction, discovered by Zinder and Lederberg in 1952, in Salmonella hjphimurium is a method of genetic recombination in which genetic material is transferred from one bacterium (the donor) to another bacterium (the recipient) by a bacterial virus called a bacteriophage.